Apr 19 - 25

Ok, so if you saw the interview this week with Mark S. Allen, please know that we do not sell 40 million banana caramel waffles in a year. I was on live TV and thought I should embellish just a little, but hey, now I

might as well go into politics. By the way Mr. Allen is the nicest personality you will ever meet, after Stan Atkinson. I have met some celebrities who let you know they are celebrities, but not with him. Now I feel bad though that I embellished a little too much with such a nice guy. Oh well, politics should fit me well. Watch a part of Mr. Allen's visit here.

Oh, and I found an empty can of pineapple behind the outside AC unit.

The mystery continues…

Apr 12 - 18

Ok, so we had some friends over for Easter and I thought it would be nice to serve baked potatoes with dinner. I went out and bought one of those big tubs of sour cream to bury the potato in. Dinner is ready and my wife goes to get the tub and she comments it is very light. She opens it to find it completely empty. Ok so then those friends left us a coconut cake when they left. Next morning I go in the pantry to find coconut everywhere on the floor. I look over at the cake to see a big hole in the shape of a hand. Meanwhile the mystery of the missing pineapple cans continues. Last night, a week after the pineapple cans went missing an empty one showed up in the corner of the pantry. I am beginning to think maybe I should watch old episodes of NICS to break this case.

Apr 5 - 11

Ok, so I bought 3 more cans of pineapple chunks because I am determined to find out how good they are. This time I place them right out in front so it is obvious if anybody takes them. So, I go to get a can and I can’t find any, nor can I even find any empty cans this time. Just as I am about to call the “nuns for hire”, I tell my wife. She says, “silly, I hid them this time where no one could find them”. She goes to get them out of the very back of a low cabinet and they aren’t there. The only thing I can figure is they are convincing the Amazon delivery driver to take the empty cans.

Mar 29 - Apr 4

Ok, so we are down in Santa Cruz for the weekend to celebrate my eldest’s birthday. My wife being the nice person she is offered to babysit our 2 and half year old grandson while they go out to dinner. Lately I have been complaining about the work involved in trying to run three restaurants, well that is nothing compared to trying to keep a 2 year old preoccupied. I guess I am too old to remember our darling children having this much energy. I totally understand why parents get their kids electronic devices by the age of 3.

So folks, as you may have been aware at the Sunrise Country Waffles, Shelly has been out on sick leave. It turns out that she has cancer and after having surgery they found she had uterine and ovarian cancer. Fortunately, they caught them both early. She is going through chemo now and if everything goes as planned she will be back in August. I know at times during chemo she has had tough luck and things have been difficult. I feel so bad for her because she always stayed healthy and ate healthy. Please keep her in your prayers and hopefully the doctors get everything under control.